Joseph Andrews (film)

Joseph Andrews is a 1977 British period comedy film directed by Tony Richardson. It is based on the novel Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding

Lady Booby alias Belle, the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby, has a lusty eye on the attractive, intelligent villager Joseph Andrews, a Latin pupil and protg of parson Adams, and makes him their footman. Josephs heart belongs to a country girl, foundling Fanny Goodwill, but his masters take him on a fashionable trip to Bath, where the spoiled society comes mainly to see and be seen, yet Sir Thomas really seeks relief for his sick foot, but drowns in the famous Roman baths. When the all but grieving lady finds Josephs Christian virtue and true love resist her lusting passes just as well as the many ladies who fancy her footman, she fires the boy. On his way back on foot, he falls prey to highwaymen who rob him of everything, even the clothes on his back. He is found and nursed by an innkeepers maid, which stirs lusts there, again besides his honorable conduct, but is found by the good parson. Meanwhile, the lady consents to her cousin marrying below their station when learning the fiance is Josephs sister, Pamela. The parson barely escapes a wicked gentlemans totally unjust, all but gentle justice after being accused of the attempted rape committed by a squire he actually prevented and comes to learn ever more about a relevant childtheft by gypsies, but meanwhile he, Joseph and Fanny fall prey again to the rapists utter debauchery...The movie was filmed on location at Broughton Castle, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, at the Roman Baths in Bath, Somerset, England, and at the Royal Crescent in Bath, Somerset, England, and in other locations in England. The ballads were sung by Jim Dale who plays the gypsy in the movie. ........

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